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And he put war chiefs over the people, and sent for them all to come together to him in the wide place at the doorway into the town, and to give them heart he said to them,

וַיִּתֵּ֛ן (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּצֵ֣ם (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

With him is an arm of flesh; but we have the Lord our God, helping us and fighting for us. And the people put their faith in what Hezekiah, king of Judah, said.

וַיִּסָּמְכ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Has not this same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, Give worship before one altar only, burning offerings on it?

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

These things they said, crying out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, with the purpose of troubling them and putting fear into them, so that they might take the town;

וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Talking of the God of Jerusalem as if he was like the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands.

וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, made prayer because of this, crying out to heaven.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֞ל (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּזְעֲק֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, p

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכְחֵ֞ד (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשָׁב֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord gave Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem salvation from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from all others, giving them rest on every side.

וַיּוֹשַׁע֩ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְנַהֲלֵ֖ם (וַֽ) va “and”

And great numbers came to Jerusalem with offerings for the Lord, and things of great price for Hezekiah, king of Judah: so that he was honoured among all nations from that time.

וַיִּנַּשֵּׂ֛א (וַ) va “and”

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death; and he made prayer to the Lord, and the Lord in answer gave him a sign.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Hezekiah did not do as had been done to him; for his heart was lifted up in pride; and so wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

וַיְהִ֤י (וַ) va “and”

But then, Hezekiah, in sorrow for what he had done, put away his pride; and he and all Jerusalem made themselves low, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come on them in Hezekiah's life-time.

וַיִּכָּנַ֤ע (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honour; and he made himself store-houses for his gold and silver and jewels and spices, and for body-covers and all sorts of beautiful vessels.

וַיְהִ֧י (וַ) va “and”

It was Hezekiah who had the higher spring of the water of Gihon stopped, and the water taken down on the west side of the town of David. In everything he undertook, Hezekiah did well.

וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּצְלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”

So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

For he put up again the high places which had been pulled down by his father Hezekiah; and he made altars for the Baals, and pillars of wood, and was a worshipper and servant of all the stars of heaven;

וַיָּ֗שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨קֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד (וַֽ) va “and”

And he made altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem will my name be for ever.

וּבָנָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

וַיִּ֥בֶן (וַ) va “and”

More than this, he made his children go through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he made use of secret arts, and signs for reading the future, and unnatural powers, and gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-work

וְעוֹנֵ֤ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְנִחֵשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽכִשֵּׁ֔ף (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְעָ֥שָׂה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he put the image he had made in the house of God, the house of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

וַיָּ֕שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Manasseh made Judah and the people of Jerusalem go out of the true way, so that they did more evil than those nations whom the Lord gave up to destruction before the children of Israel.

וַיֶּ֣תַע (וַ) va “and”

And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.

וַיְדַבֵּ֧ר (וַ) va “and”

So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.

וַיָּבֵ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכְּד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽאַסְרֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיּוֹלִיכֻ֖הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And crying out to the Lord his God in his trouble, he made himself low before the God of his fathers,

וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”